Note thatt these next few blog posts are going to be a bit out of order. Still trying to get the photos from the Port Hardy fishing trip pulled together so, even though that trip was several weeks ago, I am going to add in the Mt. Adams ones first.

I named this post after what I should have been doing to prepare for Mt. Adams, truth be told, I only put on a pack twice before climbing Mt. Adams. Just lazy, I guess – I think a total of 8 miles over these two hikes. Oh well! Here are a few photos of the flowers just starting to pop during those hikes.

The stuffed monkey hanging from the tree was probably one of the creepiest things I have ever seen hiking!

I ended up stopping short on the second hike – only 1.5 miles in because I saw a deer feeding on the trail. I decided that his meal was worth more than me disturbing him and getting a few more miles under my belt.